This image was created with a Nikon D5 and Nikon 500mm f/4 lens at 1/20th of a second exposure. The setting was the Geert Timmer Chicane at Assen, 2016. This is one of the most famous sections of track in MotoGP and one of the most photographed, presenting the challenge of making an image here that didn’t look like all the other GT Chicane shots captured each year at the Dutch GP. Using the slow shutter speed of 1/20th of a second while tracking the fast-moving rider created a softly blurred background in red and white thanks to the Motul sponsorship. The image also shows movement of the rider on his Yamaha YZR-M1. But the rider’s helmet is sharp as a tack, showing that within the frantic motion of riding through the GT Chicane, Rossi is in complete control. Click on the image above to see a larger version pop up.

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